Bill Miller announced today that Alan Bradshaw will
drive the BME/Okuma Top Fuel Dragster in the 2006 NHRA POWERade Drag
Racing Series. Bradshaw, the 2003 NHRA Lucas Oil Series Top Alcohol
Dragster champion, will join the BME team for preseason testing in Phoenix.

"When I first met Alan, I was impressed by his focus and determination
to become a Top Fuel driver," said Miller. "After winning the Top
Alcohol Dragster championship, Alan took it upon himself to earn his Top
Fuel license. He has the burning desire to race at the top level of the
sport, and he understands the commitment that it takes to campaign a Top
Fuel dragster. I'm confident that Alan will be an excellent
representative for BME and Okuma America."

"I'm ecstatic about the opportunity to drive the BME Top Fuel Dragster,"
said Bradshaw, 37, of Odessa, Texas. "Bill's given me a chance that
nobody else has, and I'll never forget that.

"This is truly the fulfillment of a lifelong dream," he noted. "Racing
is something that's a part of me, something I have to do. Now that I've
got a seat in a great Top Fuel dragster, I hope to be fortunate enough
to stay there for a long time."

Bradshaw literally grew up at drag strips. His father, Buddy, was an
accomplished drag racer, and Alan followed in his tire tracks. He went
to his first race as a 2-year-old, and at 3, he was emulating his Top
Fuel hero, Tommy Ivo, by doing fire burnouts on his tricycle. At 14,
Bradshaw bracket raced his father's tow truck and at 16 he moved into
Super Gas. He progressed through a Super Comp dragster to Top Alcohol
Dragster in 1993. He won the 2002 Division 5 TAD championship and
captured the 2003 NHRA Lucas Oil TAD title driving Randy Meyer Racing's
nitro-burning dragster. Bradshaw has operated the Bradshaw Chiropractic
Center in Odessa, Texas, since 1992.

"Bobby Lagana Jr. did an excellent job driving for us in 2005," Miller
noted. "Unfortunately we struggled with our clutch setup for most of the
season, and that was certainly not Bobby's fault. As the owner and
driver of his own Top Fuel car, Bobby and I decided it was best to let
him pursue his IHRA career.

"I looked up Alan's Chinese astrological sign, and he's a monkey, which
is what I am," Miller laughed. "He's also a Gemini, the same as me. So
we have a lot in common already."

Bradshaw agreed: "Bill and I are two peas on a pod. He told me, 'We're
either going to have one heck of a time together or butt heads.' I said,
'It's your equipment and your team, and it's my responsibility to
respect that.' I think we'll get along just fine.

"Seriously, Bill and Virgie Miller are super people, and I look forward
to racing with them," Bradshaw said. "Bill is a very meticulous,
analytical thinker. He has a good team behind him, a great sponsor in
Okuma, and they're definitely committed to the cause."